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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words
ID: #50974
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Sexy Sound
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
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What makes someone sound sexy? To get a scientific viewpoint, researchers gauged volunteers' responses to different voices. The conclusion: voices considered attractive send messages about body size. The work is in the journal PLOS ONE. In the animal kingdom, sound indicates size and intentions. For example, a rough and frequency call suggests the vocalizer is large and aggressive, while a clearer, higher frequency signals a small, nonthreatening animal. In the study, researchers adjusted a variety of voices to correspond with different body sizes. To do so, they synthesized completely artificial voices, and recorded sentences before varying the pitches and resonance.
When volunteers listened to the sound samples, men preferred higher-pitched female voices like this one, which suggest a smaller body size.
When volunteers listened to the sound samples, men preferred higher-pitched female voices like this one, which suggest a smaller body size.
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